August 2nd, 2024
Gallery MAR during the Kimball Arts Festival — full of energy and visiting artists
Written by Anna Keagy, Gallery Intern
Every summer the Kimball Arts festival comes to Main Street. Roughly 200 artists participate each year, lining the street with their colorful booths. Even locals who normally steer clear of Main Street will drop by for a taste of the live music, food trucks, and fantastic artwork.
The 2024 Kimball Arts festival will take place from August 2-4. It looks like it might be one of the best yet, so any art enthusiast should make an effort to go. Several notable artists are returning to the festival this year, as well as an exiting new addition.
(Kati Gyulassy, photographed by Dan Campbell, courtesy of the Kimball Art Center)
Kati Gyulassy, who won Best in Show in 2023, will be returning to the arts festival this year. She creates vivid landscape paintings as well as colorful ceramics. Gyulassy takes inspiration from Impressionism and applies it to paintings of aspen trees and red rock cliffs. Her website states that, “…she strives to capture the atmosphere, feel, and light of a moment in space.”
(Nha Vuu, photographed by Dan Campbell, courtesy of the Kimball Art Center)
Nha Vuu participated in the Kimball Arts festival in 2020 and 2021, and is returning this year. Vuu’s work is incredibly unique. She uses ink made from pine soot and watercolors to paint on handmade paper. This paper has a textured and velvety feel, and it is made with mulberry, silk, cotton, and wood chips incorporated into it. Vuu says that, “By capturing the natural spontaneity of Chinese brushwork with a western approach to color and aesthetics my goal is to transcend a traditional art form.”
(Katzie Hughes & Scott Templin, photographed by Dan Campbell, courtesy of the Kimball Art Center)
Katzie Hughes and Scott Templin have been in the festival since 2022 and won Best in Show in 2023. They met in 1991, and a few years later they decided to start a jewelry-making business together. They have traveled all over Europe and are now based in Montana. They focus heavily on sustainability, and their jewelry is often made from recycled metals. Some of their pieces feature oak wood that can be up to 5,000 years old. On their website they state, “Our jewelry collection, like the tableware, is distinguished by innovative design, clarity of form and precise craftsmanship.”
(Jennifer Worsley, photographed by Dan Campbell, courtesy of the Kimball Art Center)
Jennifer Worsley has been in the festival since 2019, and has won Best in Show twice (2019 and 2023). She creates stunning landscapes using a Japanese printmaking technique. On her website she describes it as, “Many of my prints are made using a reduction technique, which involves printing the woodblock in one color, then carving areas of the block away, and printing over top of the first layer in a new color, revealing the carved areas as I go.”
(Young Artists Academy, courtesy of the Kimball Art Center)
Alongside these established and successful artists, a new booth will be making its debut this year. The Kimball Art Center has a program called the Young Artists Academy for local teens. This year, those teens will get a chance to experience the art industry by selling their works at the festival. Anyone looking for a way to support local artists should stop by their booth.
These are just some out of over 150 artists in the festival. Each of them have something different and special to showcase. Every Park City resident and visitor, even those who aren’t normally interested in art, should take a few hours this summer to check out the Kimball Arts Festival. And don’t forget to stop by Gallery MAR when you’re on Main!
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